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...crunched back onto the track. Before officials could flag them down, two other drivers slammed into the smoldering wreckage. No driver was seriously hurt, and when the track was cleared, the 500 settled into a two-car race. In front, by a slim 7 sec., was chunky Anthony Joseph Foyt, 26, the 1960 U.S. racing champion. Hanging on in contention was the blue and white car of balding Eddie Sachs, 34, a four-year Indianapolis veteran, whose qualifying speed of 147.481 m.p.h. won him the coveted pole position for the second year in a row. Foyt and Sachs exchanged...
...also ran out. A patch of white appeared on his right-rear tire. As he drove on, the patch rapidly widened, a sure sign that the rubber was wearing off and that a blowout was imminent. With only ten miles to go. Sachs gave up, conceded the lead to Foyt and pulled into the pits for a tire change. "There was too much canvas showing," he said philosophically. "Being second is better than being dead." Winner Foyt flashed across the finish line 9 sec. in front. The lucky veteran, who drove his first racing car (an 18-m.p.h. midget) when...
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